Sergey Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Поляков, born May 3, 1951, in

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

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) is a Russian-American scientist performing research for USPolyResearch. He is best known for his R&D in space technology and chemical engineering including the theoretical and experimental studies of the performance of

life support system A life-support system is the combination of equipment that allows survival in an environment or situation that would not support that life in its absence. It is generally applied to systems supporting human life in situations where the outside ...

s (LSS) for Soviet interplanetary spaceships and the MIR and ALPHA orbital stations using a in th
Institute for Biomedical Problems
(Russian Space Agency Center). Developed an integrated approach to the design of air revitalization and water reclamation/conditioning system from human wastes on the basis of energy-efficient membrane and depth-filtration methods (membrane evaporation, ultra/micro filtration, reverse osmosis).

Biography

Sergey Polyakov received MS in engineering physics from the

Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute The Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute ( KhPI, full official title National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", , НТУ "ХПІ") is a public technical university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 1885, it is the second-oldest ...

(1974), PhD in space technology from th
Institute for Biomedical Problems
(

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

, 1982). His major job track record includes the leading engineer and research consultant in the LSS department of th
Institute for Biomedical Problems
(1978 to 1985, 1992 to 1997); head of laboratory at th
All-Union Electrotechnical Institute

(1985 to 1987), senior researcher at the All-Russian Nuclear Power Engineering Research and Development Institute,

(1987 to 1992), and researcher at USPolyResearch, US (2002 to present).

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External links

* - documentary about the Martian simulator at the Institute for Biomedical Problems {{DEFAULTSORT:Polyakov, Sergey 1951 births Living people 20th-century Russian chemists Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute alumni American chemical engineers Scientists from Kharkiv 21st-century Russian chemists